Poll: Should Footballers Be On Twitter?

The controversy over Premier League footballers using Twitter has hit the mainstream with Darren Bent getting in trouble after criticizing Spurs chairman Daniel Levy.

But the question for you, the football fan, is this — should footballers be on Twitter? Vote below and let us know, and feel free to click the comments link at the bottom of this post to share your opinion.

There are definitely pros and cons to both sides of the argument. Vote now! And don’t forget to follow EPL Talk on Twitter.

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11 Comments

NBA and NFL athletes here in the states have totally embraced it and tweet whatever they want. As long as they don’t do it from the sidelines or in the locker room, no one has really objected to their activities.

What the athletes do in their free time is up to them. If clubs don’t want players to use Twitter, they should crack down on many other activities before that first.

Why not, if they can find the time to keep updating information you could get very unique opinions on football from the people who know what the situation in football is like best. However they will probably be controlled by their agents who will restrict what footballers have to say and even if they didn’t most footballers are as boring and cliche with no real characters any more.

Regarding the agent bit, just look at the Australian cricketer Philip Hughes, who’s agent has admitted to controlling Hughes’ twitter account.

Twitter is not the only medium through which athletes can spout inane, offensive, or generally foolish thoughts. Ultimately it is up to the individual to speak carefully, no matter the setting. True, Twitter provides the kind of immediacy that, say, a press conference does not have, which may lead to users being less careful in choosing their words. Still, the fact remains that idiotic statements predate Twitter by many years, and they will outlive Twitter just as easily.

From “world wide words” :
Taken literally, if one could care less, then one must care at least a little, which is obviously the opposite of what is meant. It is so clearly logical nonsense that to condemn it for being so (as some commentators have done) misses the point. The intent is obviously sarcastic — the speaker is really saying, “As if there was something in the world that I care less about”.

Person A ” where is the football ground located at”
Person B “you should not end a sentence in a preposition”
Person A ” Sorry ,where is the football ground located at, A**wipe!”

Should footballers be on Twitter? Hmmm, if a question as silly and pointless as this one can be put on a website, then I would grudgingly say yes. The rest of us already use technology to send out unimportant and narcissistic thoughts (e.g. the afore mentioned question), why should Footballers be deprived. I also believe they should be “allowed” to have mobile phones, sports cars, and their own websites.